Explore the remarkable 2024 IGFA World Records. Learn about record-setting snakeheads, giant gouramis, and more from the top global fishing destinations.

By Liz Kimbrough Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, ...

By shifting focus to smaller fish species, communities can reduce ecological pressures while improving public health outcomes ...

Mark Sterling, a Natural History Museum researcher, helped identify it as a clearwing moth and name the new species Carmenta brachyclados, announcing the discovery in October. A fish that lives in ...

In the swamps of Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam, scientists discovered the splendid fanged frog, Limnonectes splendissimus. This “large” frog, with its “fang-like” growths and “robust” body, was found ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

Scientists searching for an extinct fish found a “large”-headed river creature and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Zarei, Mathebula and Chakona (2025 ...

The researchers announced Friday that genetic analysis found the fish to be ... endangered. New research undercutting the discovery of the snail darter as its own species raises questions about ...

It’s a new species A Lycodon poyarkovi, or Poyarkov’s big-tooth snake. Photo from L.P. Tran via Van Nguyen and Vogel (2025) In the forests of Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam, scientists found ...